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How to Tag Family Research Notes on iPhone
Learn how to organize your family research by creating, activating, filtering, and deleting tags across folders in the iPhone Notes app.
This guide explains how to create, filter, rename, and delete tags in the iPhone Notes app to organize your research. You can add one or more tags to a note and easily search and filter your notes across folders using the Tag Browser or Smart Folders Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support.
Creating and activating tags in a note
To add a tag to a note, type # followed by the tag name, then add a space after the tag to activate it Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support. Active tags turn yellow Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support. If you save a note without activating your tag, it will not be saved as a tag Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support.
Tags must be one word, but you can use dashes and underscores to combine words Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support. As a practical suggestion, try using consistent prefixes or underscores for your research categories to keep your tags tidy.
You can also choose an existing tag from the menu above the keyboard Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support. If you see an underlined tag in your text, you can tap the underlined tag, then tap Convert to tag Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support.
Filtering and excluding tags across folders
Below the Tags section at the bottom of the folders list, you can tap All Tags to view all notes with tags Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support. To view notes with specific tags, tap one or more tags Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support. To exclude a tag from your view, tap the tag until the name has a line through it Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support.
Alternatively, go to the Notes app on your iPhone, tap the Search button, and enter what you are looking for to find your tags Search through your notes on iPhone - Apple Support. If a note is locked, only its title appears in the search results Search through your notes on iPhone - Apple Support.
Renaming or deleting tags
Below the Tags section at the bottom of the folders list, touch and hold a tag, then tap Rename Tag or Delete Tag Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support. You can also tap Edit at the top of the folders list, scroll down to the tags, and tap a tag to rename it or tap the Delete button Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support.
When you delete a tag, it is also removed from all Smart Folders that use it Organize your notes with tags on iPhone - Apple Support. As a practical suggestion, consider renaming a tag rather than deleting it if you want to keep your existing files organized under a new category name without rebuilding your folders.